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National Gallery of Art

1,542 works

Painting of women in colorful dresses gathered under trees in a sunlit park, with a white dog and distant hills.

Landscape with Figures

Maurice Prendergast, 1921

Circular painting of the Crucifixion on gold ground, with Mary in a dark cloak and John in a red cloak beside Christ.

The Crucifixion

Francesco del Cossa, c. 1473/1474

Virgin and Christ Child enthroned in an arched niche with fruit garland, a kneeling donor and jeweled crown at lower left.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Donor

Carlo Crivelli, 1470

Oil painting of a shaded forest stream with pale boulders, white rapids, and a steep rock face under overhanging trees.

Woodland Stream

Paul Huet, 1840

Painting of Saint Apollonia in a red cloak and blue gown holding pincers against a cracked gold background.

Saint Apollonia

Piero della Francesca, c. 1455/1460

Painting of the Madonna seated in a garden holding the Christ Child, with gilded frame and angels in the top corners.

Madonna and Child in a Garden

Cosimo Tura, c. 1460/1470

Painting of a shaded woodland with a stream, grazing cattle, a distant statue on a pedestal, and a rocky cliff.

Woodland Scene with Nymphs and a Herm

Jean-Victor Bertin, 1810

Painting of a river harbor with merchants, moored boats, barrels and a hilltop tower under a bright sky.

Landscape with Merchants

Claude Lorrain, c. 1629

Painted river landscape with large trees framing a man poling a boat, reeds, and distant mountains and town under clouds.

River Landscape

Annibale Carracci, c. 1590

Painted wooded landscape with a weathered tree trunk, travelers resting in the foreground, and a path winding toward hills.

Wooded Landscape with Travelers

Adam Pynacker, 1640

Lucrezia Tornabuoni

Domenico Ghirlandaio, c. 1475

Portrait of a man in a black cap and red cape, with a river landscape and distant buildings behind him.

Bishop Altobello Averoldo

Francesco Francia, c. 1505

Painting of a white plow horse with a dark harness walking across an open field toward a plow under a grey sky.

A Plow Horse in a Field

Stanislas Lépine, 1870

Painting of a harbor with a burning town on the right, sailing ships firing cannons, and smoke over Boston on the left.

Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town

Unknown artist, 1783 or after

Painting of a wooded hill above a winding river with sailboats, a distant village, and a flat-topped mountain under cloudy sk

The Connecticut Valley

Thomas Chambers, mid 19th century

Snowy riverbank with bare trees, a boathouse and houseboat, a steamboat on the river, and a distant city skyline.

Boathouse, Winter, Harlem River

Ernest Lawson, 1916

Folk painting of a white farmhouse with livestock, figures, large trees, fenced fields and mountains under a blue sky.

Farmhouse in Mahantango Valley

Unknown artist, late 19th century

Painting of a young woman with brown hair in a red dress and green bodice, turning her head against a dark background.

Head of a Woman

Umbrian 16th Century, c. 1510/1520

Painting of gnarled beech trees in a forest with sunlit clearing and distant hills beyond.

'View of Bregentved Forest, Zealand'

Frederik Sødring, 1835

Naive painting of a valley farm with red-roofed barns, horses, cattle, chickens, fenced fields, and blue mountains behind.

Mahantango Valley Farm

Unknown artist, late 19th century

Nativity scene with kneeling Virgin Mary, nude Christ Child, Saint Joseph, ox and donkey in a stable, gold halos.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

; Bicci di Lorenzo Anonymous, c. 1440/1445

Painting of many figures skating on a frozen river beside a red windmill, village houses, and bare winter trees.

Skating on the Frozen Amstel River

Adam van Breen, 1611

Painting of a rural landscape with tall trees, pale buildings in the distance, and small figures on grassy hills at dusk.

Landscape with Buildings

Unknown artist, fourth quarter 18th century

Gold-ground painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, angels, grieving women and John, and soldiers at right.

The Crucifixion

Bernardo Daddi, c. 1320/1325

Oil painting of a wooded landscape with a wooden gate, a leaning autumn tree, picnickers at left and two donkeys at right.

Landscape with Picnickers and Donkeys by a Gate

Joseph Paul, 1830

Naive painting of a riverside village with Victorian houses, a church, steamboat, sailboats, and a hunter on the bank.

Village by the River

Unknown artist, fourth quarter 19th century

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, with two cherub heads above and a landscape with castle and deer behind

Madonna and Child

Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1505/1510

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the nude Christ Child standing on a cushion on a marble ledge, against a blue sky.

Madonna and Child

Marco Zoppo, c. 1467/1468

Dark landscape with tall trees on rocks, a waterfall, a woman and child on a footbridge, and a stormy sky.

Landscape

Jacob van Ruisdael, c. 1670

Painting of a golden sunset over a calm lake, with green hillside, trees, a grazing goat and a stone wall.

Lake Albano, Sunset

George Inness, c. 1874